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DiPowerEdge DPE100

An open EMS that runs on site

Device integration, computation and real-time policy execution all happen on site, running independently of any cloud platform. It can also serve as a data-collection terminal for a cloud platform, enabled by your policy.

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DiPowerEdge DPE100 edge gateway, front view

What it is

DPE100 is an edge energy gateway installed at the distribution site. Southbound it connects PV inverters, storage, EV chargers, heat pumps and meters. Northbound it reaches third-party clouds, utility operators and power markets, according to your policy.

It replaces the industrial PC that has been running in the cabinet for years. It is smaller, cooler and more reliable, and it takes the operating system off the site entirely.

DiPowerEdge data flow diagram: the gateway and all field devices sit inside the local site boundary; outbound traffic is optional

Core capabilities

  • An open EMS

    Any brand of device connects: each model arrives as its own device access package (DAP), each cloud as its own cloud access package (CAP), and the EMS strategy is yours to define. A device pack you develop yourself can be submitted for inclusion in the public release.

  • AI smart scheduling

    Schedules are generated from time-of-use windows, tariffs and load, with manual configuration a click away.

  • Power markets and VPPs

    Prepared for FCR / mFCR ancillary services, with plugin-based aggregator interfaces.

  • Commissioned in about five minutes

    Power up, join the network, add devices.

  • AI-assisted device onboarding

    A new device model goes from protocol document to working integration in roughly an hour.

  • Local web configuration

    Commission and troubleshoot from a browser on site, with no proprietary software required.

  • EMS operating modes

    Five modes: AI-EMS, Self Consume, Peak Shaving, Feed-in Priority and time-of-use. Each period takes its own mode and its own parameters.

  • System functions

    Feed-in limiting caps exported power, import-power limiting caps the peak drawn from the grid, PV-curtailment avoidance reduces wasted yield, and closed-loop power-factor control holds the power factor at the point of connection within a set range.

Figures you can check

Commissioning time
5 min Power up, join the network, add devices
Onboarding a new device model
1 h From protocol document to a working integration
Operating temperature
−20 to +70 ℃ Continuous operation inside a distribution cabinet
Serial ports
4 4 × RS-485 in the target specification

Each figure below is already stated elsewhere on this site, or comes straight from the hardware specification. We do not quote installation counts, customer numbers, or any other scale figure we cannot substantiate.

Interfaces

Power, network and field terminals, photographed on the unit itself.

Terminal face of the unit: 24 V DC power, two Ethernet ports, USB-A and the serial terminals
Power, Ethernet, USB-A and the serial terminals.
Side of the unit: digital input and output terminals and the COM terminals
Digital inputs and outputs, and the COM terminals.

The unit photographed is the supplier factory baseline: the two ports labelled T1R1 and T2R2 are RS232, as the silkscreen shows. The DPE100 target configuration replaces those two RS232 ports with RS485; every other interface is unchanged. See the baseline column below for the full list.

Hardware specifications

Current hardware baseline

  • 2 × RS485 + 2 × RS232
  • 2 × RJ45 Ethernet ports
  • WiFi (external antenna), optional 4G
  • 1 × USB-A
  • 4 × digital input / 4 × digital output
  • 24 V DC power

Target specification

Specifications are subject to change. The left column is the current hardware baseline; the right column is the target specification. Differences are detailed in the datasheet.
Spec DPE100
RS-485 4
Ethernet 2
Wi-Fi 1 (Wi-Fi + BLE)
Cellular 4G (optional)
Digital inputs 4
Digital outputs 4
Power DC 12 / 24V
Operating temp. −20 ℃ to +70 ℃
Surge rating EMC EFT/ESD level 3 + surge level 2
Mounting DIN rail + mounting ears
OS Linux 6.1
Human interface Local web + cloud

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The local web page

Opened in a browser on site, and available through a network outage.

  • Local web overview: energy flow diagram and live PV, battery, load and grid power

    Live overview

    Energy flow, four live power readings and strategy status.

  • Local web configuration page: time-of-use periods and peak-shaving and self-consume modes

    Policy configuration

    Time-of-use windows and peak-shaving parameters are set locally.

Supported protocols

The data models available on a given device must be confirmed by test.
Protocol Transport Note
Modbus TCP/IP : 502 · RS-485 Whether RTU is enabled on the RS-485 side is not yet hardware-confirmed, so Modbus RTU is not claimed as a confirmed capability.
SunSpec over Modbus —
MQTT TCP/IP —
IEC 60870-5-104 TCP/IP : 2404 —
IEC 61850 MMS over TCP/IP —

Mounting

Supports 35 mm top-hat DIN rail (EN 50022) and screw-fixed ear mounting, in a metal enclosure suited to continuous operation inside a distribution cabinet.

Take one to your site

Tell us which devices you need to connect and what logic you need to run. We will assess it and come back with an integration plan.

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